OK,
I have been a Taxi Fleet owner since 2002, I was one of the first fleet owners to Go All Out SKODA, Skoda's as a Taxis take a lot of hard wok but Skoda back then cut through it. Easy to work on diesel engines
, parts reasonable and available.
from 2013 something went wrong, OK they maybe chasing O2 emission levels, but from 2013 i had noticed the cars were not up for the Job at hand, breakdowns are regular, costs are higher, reliability has dropped to an all time low.
Faulty Auto Gearboxes ! Faulty Water Pumps etc etc.
I wanna talk about the water pump issues Cooling System.
From 2015/6 these water pumps with the electrical thermostat have killed the engines, they corrode and contaminate the radiator and valve systems which causes pressure, we can change 3 water pumps before the Timing Belt needs changing. Not only that it blocks the system up to a point it sucks water in through the head and can terminally destroy that Engine . I am forever working on cars with mystery water losses. Thanks Skoda.
Good Luck. after 20 years we are now moving to Toyota Hybrids. PS SKODA wont even replace the faulty pumps under warranty ! they even tried to blame my tap water and coolant fluid.
Regards
